As a result of the heat and profuse sweating, Blackett-Dibinga said those who practice this particular discipline of yoga release endorphins, so “there is no need to take any type of other medications [or] anything else to make you feel good — that’s your natural high right there in the hot room.”

Blackett-Dibinga listed the benefits of Bikram yoga as:

Increased lung capacity

Allergy relief

Injury prevention

Detoxification

Weight loss

Watch Roland Martin, Kendra Blackett-Dibinga, and the NewsOne Now panel discuss the benefits of Bikram yoga in the video clip above.